Every Rock Is A Tangible Trace Of The Earth's Past. This Book Tells The Fascinating Stories Behind The Discoveries That Shook The Foundations Of Geology. In Twenty-five Chapters--each About A Particular Rock, Outcrop, Or Geologic Phenomenon--donald R. Prothero Recounts The Scientific Detective Work ... Lees verder

A Guide To The Systematic Understanding Of The Geoarchaeological Matrix Reconstructing Archaeological Sites Offers An Important Text That Puts The Focus On Basic Theoretical And Practical Aspects Of Depositional Processes In An Archaeological Site. Lees verder

A Comprehensive Introduction To The Biology Of Native And Non-native Grasslands Which Now Cover Approximately 50% Of The Terrestrial Environment, Providing Essential Ecosystem Services And Some Of The Most Important Areas For The Production Of Food And Fibre Worldwide. Lees verder

A Comprehensive Introduction To The Biology Of Native And Non-native Grasslands Which Now Cover Approximately 50% Of The Terrestrial Environment, Providing Essential Ecosystem Services And Some Of The Most Important Areas For The Production Of Food And Fibre Worldwide. Lees verder

Visualizing Geology Employs Uniquely Designed Visual Pedagogy To Help Students Acquire The Skills They Need To Become Better Learners. Visualizing Geology Is A Comprehensive, Modern Book For Today's Geology Course. Lees verder

Getting To Know Web Gis Is A Step-by-step Workbook On How To Build Web Gis Applications Using The Latest Esri Technology, Including Smart Mapping, Appstudio, Arcgis Pro And Scene Services. As Presented In This Book, The Technologies Are Easy To Apply, Current, And Holistic. Lees verder

Earthworms are widely used to assess the bioavailability and deleterious effects of metals in contaminated soils. This book discusses the methods that have been used to determine the ligand-binding speciation and the extent of the toxicologically-important bio-reactive metal and metalloid fractions ... Lees verder

Fluvial Geomorphology Studies The Biophysical Processes Acting In Rivers, And The Sediment Patterns And Landforms Resulting From Them. It Is A Discipline Of Synthesis, With Roots In Geology, Geography, And River Engineering, And With Strong Interactions With Allied Fields Such As Ecology, Engineerin... Lees verder

But For Those Whose Call Deserts Home, The 'hideous Blanks' Described By Explorers Are Rich In Resources And Significance. Travelling To Five Continents Over Three Years, Visiting Deserts Both Iconic And Little-known, William Atkins Discovers A Realm That Is As Much Internal As Physical. Lees verder

Inventing Pollution Examines New Understandings Of Pollution, Centered Not On Organic Decay But On Coal Combustion, That Emerged In The Late 19th Century In Britain. This Change, Thorsheim Argues, Gave Birth To The Smoke-abatement Movement And To New Ways Of Thinking About The Relationships Among Hu... Lees verder

The Essential Resource To An Integrated Approach To Reservoir Modelling By Highlighting Both The Input Of Data And The Modelling Results Reservoir Modelling Offers A Comprehensive Guide To The Procedures And Workflow For Building A 3-d Model. Lees verder

The First Comprehensive Synthesis Of Genomic Techniques In Earth Sciences The Past 15 Years Have Witnessed An Explosion Of Dna Sequencing Technologies That Provide Unprecedented Insights Into Biology. Lees verder

Soil Fracture Mechanics: Understanding Crack Propagation and Interaction in Soil Failure applies the concepts of fracture mechanics to the interaction and propagation of cracks in clay soils. While the most widespread methods of modeling and analysis lead to more conservative and higher se... Lees verder

Volatiles in the Martian Crust is a vital reference for future missions - including ESA s EXO Mars and NASA s Mars2020 rover- looking for evidence of life on Mars and the potential for habitability and human exploration of the Martian crust. Mars science is a rapidly evolving topic with ne... Lees verder

Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To The Features And Tools Of Arcgis Desktop. Through Hands-on Exercises, Readers Will Discover, Use, Make, And Share Maps With Meaningful Content. They Will Also Learn How To Build Geodatabases, Query Data, Analyze Geospatial Data, And More. The Latest Edition H... Lees verder